<p>Finalist !~~
I am beyond excited : 3</p>
<p>finalist!!!</p>
<p><strong><em>Official Questbridge Finalist Thread 2011-2012</em></strong></p>
<p>“This is a thread for all the Questbridge Finalists to post their stats, and the universities they plan to apply to, or listed in their college match rankings as of the school year 2011-2012”</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/questbridge-programs/1228867-official-questbridge-finalist-thread-2011-2012-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/questbridge-programs/1228867-official-questbridge-finalist-thread-2011-2012-a.html</a></p>
<p>Am I the only one not getting an email?</p>
<p>@lalule Contact them through email or phone(probably best email). I’m sure there just was a mistake and I believe it’s like 2/3 p.m. in California right now(where they’re at) so you could catch them before the weekend. Good luck.</p>
<p>D is finalist…and as to where everyone is: Facebook-2 pages for QB finalists and QB applicants. Also a skype party tonight.</p>
<p>@Elementi</p>
<p>17 hr weekly commitment 46 weeks out of the year- USA and High School Swimming. I have placed in top 8 in state championship meets for 100 and 200 yard freestyle… I am the A+ Athlete of the Year (1 student chosen by counselor annually, and I am waiting on being interviewed [WWLTV.com</a> | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | A Plus Athletes](<a href=“http://special.wwltv.com/aplusathletes/index.php]WWLTV.com”>http://special.wwltv.com/aplusathletes/index.php) - those are students from LA schools last year) and 1 of 25 Louisiana Swimmers on the All-Academic Composite Team (swimmers across the state with highest GPA’s)
Additionally, I am the Secretary of my School’s Science Club, Historian of my school’s National Honor Society, a member of various other clubs, and tutor students.</p>
<p>I seriously do not get why I was not accepted… My counselor is the one who chose me as A+ Athlete of the Year so he must like me… And my teachers that recommended me like me too. I am mad and confused…</p>
<p>There needs to be the following disclaimer on QuestBridge:</p>
<p>"Please do not waste your time applying unless you fall into one of the following categories: (A) You were not born in the U.S. (B) You are homeless, under foster care, or live with someone other than a parent (regardless of how poor you are) (C) You first language was not English (D) You live on the west coast</p>
<p>I am really annoyed that I wasted so much of my time and have to fill out another application to apply to MIT. And I have to harass my teachers to fill out yet another form… Thus is why I am probably just applying to Yale, for they all school forms and supplements are completed.</p>
<p>A body in motion stays in motion- Isaac Newton</p>
<p>A body in poverty stays in poverty- my life</p>
<p>^I’m not trying to be an a** or anything, but I really like that… “a body in poverty stays in poverty - my life”…</p>
<p>Cheer up, this isn’t the endddd. You still have a chance to make it into Yale/MIT</p>
<p>^
Indeed… But I do not have 12,000 dollars to cough up annually just to live on campus. Additionally, I have to ask for another recommendation to apply to MIT (not on common app). Then I will have to go through all the financial matters again if I get accepted. I also can only apply to one school now through early action, as opposed to 8. It is intolerably miserable.
Check the stats on that thread… Seriously… Look at the disclaimer I typed, that should be on the QB website.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree that you do seem like the ideal finalist. Mistakes happen. I wish you the best. Also, I’m pretty sure for all of the non-binding school you would have had to go through all “the financial matters” again anyways. There’s nothing wrong with RD</p>
<p>There is something wrong with RD… I already interviewed for schools under the impression of applying early action/ED… I have to write emails now explaining that my application will be RD because I cannot apply ED or EA anymore… QuestBridge has succeeding in creating an excess of unnecessary stress in my life.</p>
<p>I will listen to this song another 200 times and still be frustrated</p>
<p>[OFFICIAL</a> Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo?ole - YouTube](<a href=“OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - YouTube”>OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - YouTube)</p>
<p>@Star118 If you are reading this, please check your College Confidential inbox…Thanks!</p>
<p>Cryrogenics, with a resume like that, I think you’ll easily find your way into a great school, plus many of the schools I’m sure you’re looking at offer need-based aid; I’ve heard of kids with EFCs of even $100 thanks to amazing FA. </p>
<p>The fact that you’re so flabbergasted by not making QB finalist is probably a reflection of how you presented yourself in your applciation; did you mention your resilience, your persistence through adversity, or focus on presenting yourself as the perfect applicant? I think that’s what may have been the difference. </p>
<p>Honestly, there are people far below and above me as far as being academically successful, but from the applicants I’ve gotten to know, they are all extremely deserving of it, even though some have an income 2x greater than mine.</p>
<p>The QB application is designed to allow you to explain why you don’t you have flawless test scores, international academic awards, a 4.0, and simultaneously, how in context of where you’ve come from, the kind of school you go to, or the environment you grow up in, that you’re making the most of your situation. Regardless, with or without QB, I’m sure you’ll be fine. : p</p>
<p>I definitely focused on my adversity and explained how it influenced my decision to become successful… My first essay was all about how I live alone with my mother, I have an alcoholic father who, during my parents’ marriage, abused my sister (who moved out when she turned 17), mother, and I. My dad has never paid child support and my mom makes $16,000/year as a beverage server. I come home to an empty house everyday after swim practice because my mom works from 4 P.M.-2A.M. I literally see my mom 2 days out of the week (Saturday and Sunday) because of her busy work schedule. I explained how I am unsupervised everyday and have only succeeded in academics because of my determination and integrity. A quote from my essay “I decided at an early age that if I had to be poor in hand, I would at least become rich in mind.” </p>
<p>I seriously think that they didn’t believe me… I am having such a rough time now because my mom still doesn’t know if I was accepted or not because I have yet to even talk to her… I am here alone worrying about how nothing ever goes right for me in my life, no matter how damn hard I try… Putting 4 years into being the best student in my whole school means nothing to QB</p>
<p>: (
Maybe not to QB (there’s always something funky going on during any kind of admissions process), but I’m sure you’ll find that these things end up okay. Hard work pays, and it seems you’ve got that down.</p>
<p>cryogenics, </p>
<p>You are smart person. You will, if you are truly strong willed, pull a fast one and get into the school of your dreams. There’s no doubt you are qualified. It’s not the end. You are the capitan of your destiny. </p>
<p>Being a finalists, with all the respect, does not mean I am in. I mean, I have doubts; that such thing will be “yes, you are in” at MIT, my dream school. I hope, but I have thoughts.</p>
<p>You are a bright person. You will overcome. It moments like this is when genius comes out!</p>
<p>Cyro, in your shoes I would feel every bit as deflated. At my "D’s school, we have the naviance system which shows you all the stats of the previous class. They too worked hard for four years, high stats, high GPA, did all the right activities, and what they did not get was ‘accepted’ to any super selective. Times have changed, and people just are not getting in. I do wish that rejection came with an explanation-was it a bad reference? Lack of this? Or that? A woman on this site applied for 47 scholarship packages, and was awarded only 7 for a high stats daughter. You have to just regroup and move forward with your ED choice and RD choices.</p>
<p>Hey so I haven’t received an email yet and I contacted them but I don’t know if theyre going to reply today cuz it’s sat. But in ‘my locker’ it says I can re arrange my college rankings by nov 7 so does that mean that I’m a finalist or does everyone get that? Idk whether I should start sending stuff b/c I don’t want someone to suddenly say I’m not a finalist when I already paid to send sats or the CSS profile… Any ideas?</p>